http://jinja.apsara.org/2009/08/to-die-for/ Art, life, art of life in Cambodia. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:45:32 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://jinja.apsara.org/2009/08/to-die-for/comment-page-1/#comment-13360 Jinja Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:13:33 +0000 http://jinja.apsara.org/?p=1486#comment-13360 And from the Phnom Penh Post: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009120429996/National-news/battambang-student-crowned-miss-landmine-in-online-vote.html And from the Phnom Penh Post: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009120429996/National-news/battambang-student-crowned-miss-landmine-in-online-vote.html

]]> http://jinja.apsara.org/2009/08/to-die-for/comment-page-1/#comment-12505 Global Voices dalam bahasa Indonesia » Kamboja: Maksud kontes Puteri Ranjau Darat dipertanyakan Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:42:45 +0000 http://jinja.apsara.org/?p=1486#comment-12505 [...] Jinja mengatakan: Perasaanku campur aduk mengenai ajakan, bak ajakan terhadap hewan, untuk ikut serta kontes kecantikan, namun umumnya setuju dengan gagasan dibalik kontes yang satu ini: para peserta berhak merasa bangga akan diri mereka dan penampilan diri mereka, bagaimanapun situasi diri mereka. Tanpa bermaksud mendukung [kontes tersebut], Aku pikir dengan dibatalkannya kontes tersebut mencerminkan sikap warga Khmer seringkali berpikiran modern dan mampu menerima konsep asing, namun dapat sontak kembali ke pada hal-hal tradisional yang mereka pandang “aman”. [...] [...] Jinja mengatakan: Perasaanku campur aduk mengenai ajakan, bak ajakan terhadap hewan, untuk ikut serta kontes kecantikan, namun umumnya setuju dengan gagasan dibalik kontes yang satu ini: para peserta berhak merasa bangga akan diri mereka dan penampilan diri mereka, bagaimanapun situasi diri mereka. Tanpa bermaksud mendukung [kontes tersebut], Aku pikir dengan dibatalkannya kontes tersebut mencerminkan sikap warga Khmer seringkali berpikiran modern dan mampu menerima konsep asing, namun dapat sontak kembali ke pada hal-hal tradisional yang mereka pandang “aman”. [...]

]]> http://jinja.apsara.org/2009/08/to-die-for/comment-page-1/#comment-12498 Cambodia: Miss Landmine Pageant Raises Questions :: Elites TV Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:58:49 +0000 http://jinja.apsara.org/?p=1486#comment-12498 [...] Jinja says: I have mixed feelings about the cattle call of beauty pageants, but do agree with the general idea behind this one: that the participants have a right to feel proud about themselves and their appearance, regardless of circumstance. Without condoning [the pageant], I think the cancellation shows how Khmer society is often leaning towards modern and foreign concepts, only to snap back to what [it] feels [is] more traditional and ’safe’. [...] [...] Jinja says: I have mixed feelings about the cattle call of beauty pageants, but do agree with the general idea behind this one: that the participants have a right to feel proud about themselves and their appearance, regardless of circumstance. Without condoning [the pageant], I think the cancellation shows how Khmer society is often leaning towards modern and foreign concepts, only to snap back to what [it] feels [is] more traditional and ’safe’. [...]

]]> http://jinja.apsara.org/2009/08/to-die-for/comment-page-1/#comment-12497 Cambodia: Miss Landmine Pageant Raises Questions | Kumpulin Info Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:39:07 +0000 http://jinja.apsara.org/?p=1486#comment-12497 [...] Jinja says: I have mixed feelings about the cattle call of beauty pageants, but do agree with the general idea behind this one: that the participants have a right to feel proud about themselves and their appearance, regardless of circumstance. Without condoning [the pageant], I think the cancellation shows how Khmer society is often leaning towards modern and foreign concepts, only to snap back to what [it] feels [is] more traditional and ’safe’. [...] [...] Jinja says: I have mixed feelings about the cattle call of beauty pageants, but do agree with the general idea behind this one: that the participants have a right to feel proud about themselves and their appearance, regardless of circumstance. Without condoning [the pageant], I think the cancellation shows how Khmer society is often leaning towards modern and foreign concepts, only to snap back to what [it] feels [is] more traditional and ’safe’. [...]

]]> http://jinja.apsara.org/2009/08/to-die-for/comment-page-1/#comment-12495 Global Voices Online » Cambodia: Miss Landmine Pageant Raises Questions Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:21:04 +0000 http://jinja.apsara.org/?p=1486#comment-12495 [...] Jinja says: I have mixed feelings about the cattle call of beauty pageants, but do agree with the general idea behind this one: that the participants have a right to feel proud about themselves and their appearance, regardless of circumstance. Without condoning [the pageant], I think the cancellation shows how Khmer society is often leaning towards modern and foreign concepts, only to snap back to what [it] feels [is] more traditional and ’safe’. [...] [...] Jinja says: I have mixed feelings about the cattle call of beauty pageants, but do agree with the general idea behind this one: that the participants have a right to feel proud about themselves and their appearance, regardless of circumstance. Without condoning [the pageant], I think the cancellation shows how Khmer society is often leaning towards modern and foreign concepts, only to snap back to what [it] feels [is] more traditional and ’safe’. [...]

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